thin strips of kombu cooked in soy sauce, etc. then dried
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
eating while standing; eating at a (street) stall
manners; behavior; behaviour
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
to become settled; to be fixed
hoge (placeholder name for a variable, similar to foobar)
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste; paint thinner (as an inhalant)
feel; touch; manner (towards others); most impressive part; best part; beginning
perfectly round; perfectly circular
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
first thing in the morning
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
wagashi; traditional Japanese confectionery
to badger; to pester; to beg
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
junior high school student; middle school pupil
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
dried-out; dry (e.g. hair); stale (bread)
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
hydration; rehydration; to hydrate; to rehydrate; to moisturize
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to spread; to be propagated
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
pointing out; identification
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
cracker; hard biscuit; hardtack
emergency food; emergency rations
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless